Date: Aug. 22, 2000
The following list includes honors and achievements reported during Summer 2000. Send notices of faculty or staff achievements and honors to Marianne Kunnen-Jones, editor of Currents.
ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS WIN INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION
UC architecture students Kay Burman and Glenn
Goldhammer respectively won first and tied for third place in the annual International
Lyceum Fellowship Competition recently held in Martha's Vineyard. The competition is
restricted to undergraduates from selected architecture schools. For the competition,
students designed a theoretical entryway and conference center linked to the Washington
D.C. Institute of Peace. Kevin Klinger, assistant professor of architecture, said the first-
place prize won by Burman consists of an $8,000 fellowship to fund six months of
educational travel abroad. For his third-place tie, Goldhammer received $500.
A CO-OP COUP
The Ohio Cooperative Education Association
recently renamed its "Award for Excellence" the "E. Sam Sovilla Award for Excellence"
in recognition of the long-time leadership provided to the field of cooperative education
by Sam Sovilla, director of UC's Division of Professional Practice. In addition to leading
UC's prestigious co-op program since 1975, Sovilla has served as the head of national
and regional cooperative education groups and serves as the chief cooperative education
consultant for 33 colleges and universities. Cooperative education, the practice of
alternating academic quarters with quarters of paid, professional work, was founded at
UC in 1906.
DESIGN PROFESSOR RECOGNIZED FOR EDUCATION
EXCELLENCE
Hank Hildebrandt, professor of interior design, received the
International Interior Design Association's (IIDA) "Michael Tatum Excellence in
Education Award" in recognition to his commitment to interior design education. He
received the award June 11 at the IIDA's national convention in Chicago. UC's interior
design program was ranked as the nation's best by the year 2000 Almanac of
Architecture and Design.
HISTORIAN RECEIVES NATIONAL HONOR
UC adjunct
professor George F. Hofmann has received the Distinguished Writing Award from the
Army Historical Foundation for the military history he co-edited with Donn A. Starry,
Camp Colt to Desert Storm the History of U.S. Armored Forces. The
awards were established in 1977 to recognize authors who have made a significant
contribution to preserving the history of the American soldier. The book was published
last fall and is presently in its second printing.
MUSIC TO HIS EARS
Robert Johnson,
head, College-Conservatory of Music library, received a favorable review by the Arizona
Republic after his composition, "Nightpiece (After Blakelock)," was recently
performed by the Phoenix Symphony. The piece was inspired by the moonlit landscapes
of Ralph Albert Blakelock, a 19th century American landscape painter. According to
Johnson, the conductor liked the piece so much, he asked for a new work specifically for
the Phoenix Symphony.
CHEMIST EARNS NATIONAL HONOR
James Mark,
Distinguished Research Professor in the UC department of chemistry, received the
highest honor from the American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials.
Mark was inducted into the first class of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
Fellows Sunday, Aug. 20 during the society's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Mark
was selected for "significant contributions" to polymer chemistry. He has collaborated
worldwide with researchers working to improve the characteristics of rubber substitutes
and other "elastomeric" materials.
